Combined wash-bench and wringer



(No Model.)

J. DENNIS. COMBINED WASH BENGH AND WRINGER.

No. 317,100. Patented May 5, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JOHN DENNIS, OF GLENBEULAH, wIsoo sI COMBINED WASH-BENCH AND WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,100, dated May 5,1885.

Application filed May 9, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN DENNIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glenbeulah, in the county of Sheboygan and State ofWisconsin, have invented a new and useful Gombined Wash-Bench andWringer, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to folding washbenches and clothes-wringerscombined; and it consists in the construction and novel arran gement ofparts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointedout in the claims.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a combined washbench andclothes-wringer embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan of thedevice folded. Fig. 3 isa vertical longitudinal section on the line asm, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view of the end of thewringer-shaft, the crank-eye, and key for connecting them.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A A designate the legsof the washbench, which are pivoted together in pairs, one outside theother, to the ends of a shaft, B, provided with ferrules B at its endsto prevent it from splitting, by screws B, passed through holes in thelegs into holes in the ends of the shaft. 7

O O designate the side rails of the washbench, which are pivotedtogether at their inner ends by screws, and pivoted also to the upperends of the legs A A on their outer faces, and connected by slats D,secured to their upper faces by screws, thereby forming a folding tableor wash-bench.

The clothes-wringer that combines with this wash-bench consists of thevertical side rails, E E, bifurcated in their lower ends at F, andpassed down between the two slatsD D nearest the middle of thewash-bench, and sprung over the ferrules B, and secured in place bythreaded eyebolts F, provided with washers F and connected together attheir upper ends by a top rail, G, secured in the mouths of the verticalslots H H by screws H. The shafts of the wringer-rollers I and K aremade of steel to carry very heavy vulcanized or white rubber rolls, andare much stronger than iron shafts. The shaft I has stationary bearingsin the vertical side rails, E E, just below the g I lower ends of thevertical slots H H, and its ends project beyond the outer faces of thevertical side rails, E E, and are provided with key-seats a for the keya, which connects the crank-eye I), also provided with a key-seat, b, tothe shaft I at either end thereof. The shaft of the upper roller, K, hasvertical play in the slots H H beneath spring-pressed blocks L, whichare prevented from falling outwardly from the slots by metal guards M,secured to the outer faces of the vertical rails E E.

N designates a steel spring having tenonshaped ends, which rest on theblocks L in the slots H H. Upon this steel spring N rests a bolster, 0,having its upper face plane and its under face convex from end to end.The ends of this bolster also work in the slots H.

The top rail, G, is provided with threaded seats for two thumb-screws, PP, the points of which bear upon the upper face of the bolster, andmaintain the pressure of the spring upon the rubber rollers.

On each side of the lower roller, I, parallel with its shaft and abouton a line with the top of the shaft, is secured to the edge faces of thevertical side rails, E E, the boards Q. Q, pr0- vided near each end witha vertical slot, R. Between these two boards Q Q, and project ing fromthe inner faces of the vertical side rails, E E, are two studs, S, whichproject through elongated slots T in the arms V of the adjustablewater-shelf U. The outer edges of the arms V of the water-shelf U arenotched to engage the lower edges of the vertical slots B in theboards QQ. These arms may occupy the slots of either board Q or Q, as may bedesired, and may be instantly changed from one side to the other. Whennot in use, the Water-shelf hangs down below the boards Q Q.

When desired, the threaded eyebolts maybe withdrawn from the bifurcatedlower ends of the vertical rails E E, and the wringer may be removedfrom the wash-bench, and the latter be converted into a convenient benchor drying-surface for clothing.

The steel shafts will not bend in heavy wringing. The flat steel springoperated by thebolster and thumb-screws keeps the rolls always in trueposition in all kinds of wringing from a ribbon up to a quilt withoutchanging.

The bench when not in use is simply closed" up to the wringer.

The crank, by the use of the key and keyseats, can be quickly appliedand removed.

The vertical side rails, E E, are provided with two parallel strips, V,which serve both as strengthening-strips for the wringer-frame and asstops for the two slats D D nearest the middle of the wash-bench whenthe latter is expanded.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination, with the side rails, slotted at their upper ends, ofthe rollers, the upper one of which is vertically movable in said slots,blocks bearing against the upper sides of the ends of the shaft of saidrollers, plates M, for retaining said blocks in place, spring n,

having its ends resting on said blocks, a bolster having a convex underface, and having its ends located in the slots of the side rails, andthumb-screws bearing upon the upper side of said bolster, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The combination, with the side rails connected by slotted plates Q,of the slotted arms engaging studs extending inwardly from the siderails, and the shelf U, secured to said arms, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN DENNIS. \Vitnesses:

Gno. W. RIGWOOD,

HENRY VOLQUARTS.

